Vagabond Boy: Memoir of a Youth's Journey Through a Heartland of Chaos

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Joel Everett Harding ISBN: 9781301940578
Publisher: Joel Everett Harding Publication: January 10, 2013
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Joel Everett Harding
ISBN: 9781301940578
Publisher: Joel Everett Harding
Publication: January 10, 2013
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

"Vagabond Boy" is a remarkable and moving memoir the author relates the startling boyhood he spent traveling across 1950s America with his restless parents before interstate highways were invented, bumping into reality at every turn. It abounds in adventure and nostalgia as though Tom Sawyer and Kevin Arnold of "The Wonder Years" were one boy leaving a trail of shenanigans from coast to coast.

His encounters with strange landscapes, curious people, and dubious caretakers dangle lessons in life for his taking, and sometimes leaving.As he struggles to make sense of the world around him events accumulate, sometimes humorous, heartwarming, even harrowing, and a growing sense of unease mounts with increasing turbulence that brings crushing chaos into his life.
Just when calm seems to be restored he learns his whole childhood was a deception and a startling new reality sweeps him toward the edge of an emotional chasm of discontent that threatens to swallow and imprison him forever. He realizes he must find a hidden door to his future through his anguish before he is finally thrust unprepared to face the world as an adult where the only road remaining open points towards a wasted life ahead.
"Vagabond Boy" is a true story of resilience and perseverance by a boy discovering himself and the world in the 1950s. Yet the work also offers a deeper inspirational message for today*s readers who struggle with their past in an ambiguous and fragmented culture, precisely where most of us still live today.

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"Vagabond Boy" is a remarkable and moving memoir the author relates the startling boyhood he spent traveling across 1950s America with his restless parents before interstate highways were invented, bumping into reality at every turn. It abounds in adventure and nostalgia as though Tom Sawyer and Kevin Arnold of "The Wonder Years" were one boy leaving a trail of shenanigans from coast to coast.

His encounters with strange landscapes, curious people, and dubious caretakers dangle lessons in life for his taking, and sometimes leaving.As he struggles to make sense of the world around him events accumulate, sometimes humorous, heartwarming, even harrowing, and a growing sense of unease mounts with increasing turbulence that brings crushing chaos into his life.
Just when calm seems to be restored he learns his whole childhood was a deception and a startling new reality sweeps him toward the edge of an emotional chasm of discontent that threatens to swallow and imprison him forever. He realizes he must find a hidden door to his future through his anguish before he is finally thrust unprepared to face the world as an adult where the only road remaining open points towards a wasted life ahead.
"Vagabond Boy" is a true story of resilience and perseverance by a boy discovering himself and the world in the 1950s. Yet the work also offers a deeper inspirational message for today*s readers who struggle with their past in an ambiguous and fragmented culture, precisely where most of us still live today.

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